amylsacks' photos
"Standard Piano Pieces," c1930
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I don't know any of these works, but I could probably manage a few bars of "Old MacDonald's Farm" if you give me a couple of minutes. :o
L'Origan/Coty Cosmetics Ad, 1950
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The ladylike version of the tinfoil hat: hammered gold leaf appliques.
From the October 14th issue of The New Yorker
Campfire Marshmallow Leaflet (4), 1933
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...The "dog" on the right is really a sheep with the Dutch Boy's hair, and the pilgrim has freakish moth wings.
Yeah. This promo must've moved a LOT of product. o_0
Campfire Marshmallow Leaflet (3), 1933
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So, at left, we've got our Party Amoebas, or Microbes. Followed by the first "figure" on the upper right, which must have been a place marker at Sigmund Freud's card party...
Campfire Marshmallow Leaflet (2), 1933
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Honey, my slaw has marshmallows in it, and my place marker looks like that Philip Morris Cigarettes dude! This is the worst party ever!!
Campfire Marshmallow Leaflet, 1933
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My personal preference is just to load one of those ping-pong-ball shooters with marshmallows. But whatever.
Front and back sections of a promotional published by the Angelus-Campfire company.
Enlarged to show detail. Originally posted to flickr on May 4th, 2011.
Loretta Hall Gardens Postcard, c1945
California Postcard, c1945
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This was totally where we lived before my family lost its fortune, thanks to Dad's gambling!
Enlarged to show detail.
"What Shall I Cook Today?" (4) c1937
"What Shall I Cook Today?" (3) c1937
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Some clippings from inside the booklet. The menus and recipes are all the usual stuff, (lots of fluffy whitish cakes and various meat-starch fusions jammed into ring molds) but the line drawings are pretty cool.
"What Shall I Cook Today?" (2) c1937
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My copy does have a few hand-written recipes added, including one for "Rushan Beef Balls," otherwise known to old-timey U.S. cooks as "porcupine meatballs."
"What Shall I Cook Today?" c1937
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She's got a Meridel Le Sueur book of short stories hidden inside that cookbook. The family will never know.
Front cover of a 16-page promotional published by the Malleable Iron Range Company, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.
Slightly enlarged to show detail. Originally posted to flickr on May 6th, 2011.
"L'Astronaute..." Max Ernst, 1968
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Full title: "L'Astronaute Aime Aime Passer L'Hiver A St. Moritz"
Notes from a May 16th, 1986 Christie's catalog:
"signed lower right... Oil and collage on metal laid down on panel
"Image size: 16 1/4 X 13 1/2 " (41.3 x 34.2 cm.)
"Mount Size: 19 7/8 X 16 7/8" (50.5 x 43 cm.)
"Painted in 1968, Provenance: Alexander Iolas, Paris (acquired directly from the artist)
"$20,000 - 30,000)"
"Enfant De Choeur," Max Ernst, 1968
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Notes from a May 12th, 1987 Sotheby's catalog:
"signed; also signed, titled and dated 68 on the verso mixed media with collage on board
" 29 3/8 by 20 5/8 " 75.5 by 52.5 cm.
" Provenance: The Mayor Gallery, London
" Exhibited: New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Surrealism In Art , 1975, no. 63"
"$25,000 - 35,000"
Arrow Shirt Ad, 1967
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My shirt is toothpaste green, but my soul is L.A.-smog black.
From the October issue of Sports Illustrated .
Bulova Watch Ad, 1966
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My attempted at-home repairs were going great until the cat showed up. :D
From the November issue of Sports Illustrated .
Holsum Peanut Butter Ad, 1947
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Hey, Jimmy, maybe take just a little dab of Peanut Creme and use it to tame those cowlicks of yours.
From the April issue of Ladies Home Journal .
Lambert Gardens, c1950
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"Beautiful Sunken Rose Garden, Lambert Gardens, Portland, Oregon."
"Selithco True Color from Ektachrome."
Slightly enlarged to show detail.
Looks to be a more recent view from the other side of postcard no. 746, which you can see in this album .
